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In fact, ask people in town and they will tell stories with annoyance or amazement of tumbleweeds blocking their driveways or stacked against their homes.

In fact, tumbleweeds are a relatively new phenomenon on the Plains where they have claimed a new home.

Calen Moore / Kansas News Service A pile of tumbleweeds cling together at the edge of town in Garden City, Kansas. »

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $3.8 billion in funding to protect nature on Tuesday, as the federal government moves to meet its conservation targets.

In addition to public money, the government is seeking private sector investment to fund the conservation strategy, which will involve the creation of new national parks and marine reserves.

Two of the marine areas in the Arctic — Sarvarjuaq and Qikiqtait — would protect populations of polar bears, walruses and beluga whales. »

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Sugar The Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, who spent her days outside the water comforting veterans as a dedicated therapy dog, died Monday after battling cancer.

Sugar was found as a stray and over the years her love of the waves and natural talent took dog surfing to new heights. »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.

AP AUDIO: Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado. »